Keitha Clark

This Czech spells freedom M A N D O L I N

Does mandolin music evoke images of American southerners in suits and shiny shoes wailing bluegrass tunes into a mike? It won’t after you meet…

Rock has a new address

If moving house makes you wince, imagine the headache that faced Unitech music store staff last week when they hauled 53 hefty speaker cabinets, four…

In search of treasure — Geologist’s book stakes out important piece of Yukon history

By Keitha Clark Special to the News Geologist Aaro Aho never found the silver jackpot he sought while exploring the Keno district as an independent…

First aboriginal MP warns money can’t buy happiness

When the North’s first aboriginal MP moves south this fall, he’ll carry a cache of vivid memories and the knowledge his people face many…

Courting the muse among mountains

In an era when people of his generation are succumbing to digital dominance, John Kilmer, 56, has taken a stand.

Trapping traditions with the fish

CARMACKS Peter Menzies’ classroom at Tantalus School is, in many ways, a typical shop space. Paint is splattered on worktables and a sawhorse…

Free food just a side dish for community kitchen project

CARMACKS Hot Dogs may be a common sight at Yukon Campgrounds these days, but they are rare fare at the community kitchen in Carmacks.

Carpentry class fosters youth interest in trades

If you drove through Whitehorse’s industrial area Thursday, the Skills Canada building would have seemed like any other vacant building in the…